AfricanVoodoo's Sketchbook

[AfricanVoodoo]

Woah, people are talking to me.

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There are plenty of times where I draw a character that can look one way on one panel, and a different way on another. There was nothing consistent about how I drew the character except for the hairstyle and clothes he's wearing. If you happen to run into that issue, maybe it's a good idea to give those traditional exercises a go.

And don't worry, you are not forcing me to do anything. I feel like this exercise is going to be very beneficial to me and I thank you for putting some attention to it!

That is probably why most people have a hard time critiquing anything, especially stylized work. Artistic license is enabling two things: one's propensity to do 'good' art, and/or one's greatest excuse to justify what they're doing. Sometimes it's hard to tell one from the other. Sometimes it's the same thing altogether. One can even argue if it's even important to care in the first place.

 OOOHH! Ok, that makes sense. I had the sneaking suspicion that that was the problem. In general, I do try to make my human characters look proportional and identical to actual humans in real life, even if I simplify a lot. For example, with Scruffy up there, his head and anatomy is not... that far off from an actual human head... right?

Well... whatever. I'll do something about this.

You said something about coming back better. How do you quantify 'better'?

I was referring to the majority of the people on here (and in real life) that says that I improved a lot since [time frame]. I dunno... I feel like that is just not enough for me. It is cool that I am getting better but is that really all you can say about it?... So... I was hoping that along the road, I can improve enough to the point where there will be more than just "well... you can got better".

So, how's that for speaking my mind sweetheart :)

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You got to understand that a critic can be rather random when you don't insist on what you want to improve for that you need to be able to see flaw in some area of the fundamental you leak and express that you wish to improve something before something else.

Oh. ok. 

I'll jot some notes and vocabulary down since... yeah, I don't really know the ins and outs of a fundamental all that much. Like with form, I see it as just cubes and cylinders that are sometimes put together to make a complex 3D shape. But you are right, I do need to broaden my knowledge on words.

The main fundamentals that I am working on right now is (from important to not as important) Form and Construction, Proportions, Anatomy, and Gesture.

Whenever I do studies now, I am going to try to be specific with what my study is and what problems I faced with this study from now on since I don't type enough already.

WARNING THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU GOOD NOW AND YOU DON'T NEED TO POST YOU STUFF ONLINE

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Well, thank you two for your input, it is greatly appreciated!